Lot 240
  • 240

A SET OF SEVEN THANGKAS DEPICTING BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, THE EIGHTEEN ARHATS AND THE FOUR GUARDIAN KINGS Central Tibet, early 19th Century

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Distemper on cloth
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13415.

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 1 December 1993, lot 68.
Formerly in a private Honolulu collection, acquired in Peking (Beijing) in the 1920s, by repute. 

Condition

Group of seven thangkas mounted in original silk borders. With scattered areas of creasing, surface abrasions and losses to pigment throughout, particularly to white, pink, and green pigments. With scattered areas of staining and in-painting.
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